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"Newsagents" is a form of "newsagent", a noun which is often translated as "el vendedor de periódicos". "Chemist" is a noun which is often translated as "el químico". Learn more about the difference between "chemist" and "newsagents" below.
chemist(
keh
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mihst
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A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
noun
a. el químico
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(M)
, la química
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(F)
Marie Curie, a chemist born in Poland, won two Nobel prizes.Marie Curie, una química nacida en Polonia, ganó dos premios Nobel.
2. (profession)
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom
(United Kingdom)
a. el farmacéutico
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(M)
, la farmacéutica
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(F)
I asked the chemist for an ointment for my eczema.Le pedí al farmacéutico un ungüento para mi eccema.
3. (pharmacy)
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom
(United Kingdom)
a. la farmacia
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(F)
Look, there are two chemists on the high street.Mira, hay dos farmacias en la calle principal.
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newsagent(
nuz
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ey
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gihnt
)
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
noun
1. (occupation)
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom
(United Kingdom)
a. el vendedor de periódicos
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(M)
, la vendedora de periódicos
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(F)
When you're a newsagent, you have to get up really early in the morning as that's when the newspapers arrive.Cuando eres vendedor de periódicos, tienes que levantarte muy temprano, ya que los periódicos llegan a primera hora.
2. (establisment)
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom
(United Kingdom)
a. la tienda de periódicos
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(F)
There are already three newsagents in the town centre selling newspapers, magazines, sweets and cigarettes, so we need to diversify.Ya hay tres tiendas de periódicos en el centro del pueblo que venden diarios, revistas, caramelos y cigarrillos, así que hay que diversificarse.
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